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Motor car assembly
Title : Motor car assembly Motor car assembly
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Creator : Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd
Source : Holden Collection BRG 213/F-131
Place Of Creation : Birkenhead
Date of creation : 1926
Format : Film
Contributor : State Library catalogue
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Donated by : General Motors Holden
Copyright : This item is reproduced courtesy of General Motors Holden. It may be printed or saved for research or study. Use for any other purpose requires written permission from General Motors Holden and the State Library of South Australia. To request approval, complete the Permission to publish form.
Description :

Car dealers are shown how a car can be assembled in record time by a large gang of workers. The 1926 Chevrolet Superior V is assembled in 16 minutes 55 seconds at a showroom at Birkenhead.

The State Library holds the records, including business records, films and advertising material for General Motors Holden (GMH) and its predecessors dating back to 1854. These records can be viewed in the State Library's supervised Somerville Reading Room.


Subjects
Period : 1919-1927
Region : Adelaide metropolitan area
Further reading :
Bebbington, Terry. 45 years of Holden, North Ryde, N.S.W. : Australian Pub. and Print Co., c1994

Buttfield, Nancy, Dame. So great a change : the story of the Holden family in Australia, Sydney : Ure Smith, 1979

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